Validity of the College Maladjustment Scale for identification of distressed students.
Validity of the College Maladjustment Scale for identification of distressed students was estimated against scores on the Langner Symptom Survey for 298 undergraduates. A cut-off score of 20 rather than one of 15, gave a true-positive rate of 85% and a true-negative rate of 76%.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*